a??Trader Jona??s: Cradle of U.S. Naval Aviationa?? is a history of one the most famous bars in American historya??and a tribute to all the U.S. Navy Aviators who passed through its doors. A gritty strip joint in which local women made good money taking off their clothing, it also was the secret location for the initiation of Newbie flyers for the legendary Blue Angels. For nearly four decades, Trader Jona??s was where the men who trained to fly the monster jets of the U.S. Navy let down their hair before going off to fighta??and sometimes diea??in lonely battles above obscure patches of water and land over Korea, Vietnam, and Bosnia. It was where Americaa??s astronauts contemplated their future as they gazed at the time-worn artifacts of the past. It was where nearly every major symbol of the American Dream, including John Wayne, Bob Hope, Henry Fonda, and Elizabeth Taylor, found temporary solace. Artifacts lined the walls, pasted floor to ceiling, along with hundreds of framed...